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SOLON CHARGES
‘BRASS HATS”
FAVOR DRAFT
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—.
(AP) — The get-’em-out-of-the
service movement .in Congress
boiled up again - today, high
lighted by a contention of Sena
tor Edwin .C. Johnson (D.-Colo.)
that Army brass hats want volun
tary recruiting to fail,
Johnson, impatient with what
he termed the “snail-like move
ment” of demobilization, outlined
his views in advance of a Senate
Military Committee meeting
(10:30 a. m., EWT) to consider
recruiting legislation.
“Want Conseription”
“The Army can get all kinds of
recruits if it goes at it sympa
thetically,” the Coloradoan told a
reporter. “But the brass hats want
recruiting to fail because they
love the draft. They want peace
time conscription and think that’s
the way to get it.”
Declaring that the. draft law
ought to be repealed immediately,
Johnson said Congress must act
at once to speed up service re
leases.
He had company among other
committee members on the latter
score, even if they did not agree
with his proposed methods. |
Senator Hill .of Alabama, the
Democratic whip, said he would
demand that War Department
officials justify before the com
mittee in public hearings the
Armv’s point release system. o
“The public is entitled to know
that the discharge system is the
most equitable that can be work
ed out,” Hill declared. “If it isn’t
then it must be changed.”
Doctor Releases
Senator Maybank (D.-S.C.),
who said he received 1,000 letters
in two days seeking service dis
charges, added that he wants the
Army to release at once all doc
tors over 40 who want to get out.
Other members have heard
from their constituents, too. And
Chairman Elbert D. Thomas (D.-
Utah) said the committee proba
bly will decide today what- to do’
about his recruiting ‘bill.
The bill is planned to make re
enlistment attractive.. It would
give mustering out pay. re-enlist—l
ment allowances, service credits,
dependent ~ payments, . iurlough'
and travel pay,. and retirement
benefits to those who elect to stay
in uniform. It also would extend
to them coverage under the G. L
Bill of Rights.
Farm Profits Seen
From Price Pegs
Until Formal Peace
BY OVID A. MARTIN
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 —
(AP) — A delay of at least fcur
months in declaring the war of
ficially at an end could be a mul
ti-million dollar boon, to farmers.
It also would give them until
1949 to adjust their war-expan
ded production of food products
to prospective smaller peacetime
requirements. ’
Early in the war Congress
passed a law directing the agri
culture department to support
farm prices at not less than 50
per cent of parity for a two
year perioq after the war.
Law Gives Extension
Under the terms of that law,
the two-year period does not be
gin until the first day of Janua
ry after the President, by procla
mation, or the Congress, by reso
lution, declares the war ended.
Hence, should the war be de
clared officially over before next
January 1, farm price supports
would cover 1946 and 1947. On
the other hand, should official
end of the conflict be . delayed
until some time in 1946, the gov
ernment would be committed tc
support farm commedities for a
three-year ending Jan. 1, 1949.
Agriculture department econo
mist have estimated that it may
cost of the government more than
$1,000,000,000 a year 1o carry out
the farm price support program.
Since early in the war, the
genera] level of farm prices has
been above parity. It reached a
wartime peak of 117 per cent of
parity to give agricwiture a rec
ord income. >
~ Prices' May Decline
Now that wartime needs no lon
ger exist, however, farm prices
are expected to decline. Within
the price-suppory program, they
Quite conceivably could fall be
low the 90 per cent point within
a year or two. =t
Mechanisms used in the past to
Suppor t prices inciude loars,
government purchases, and sub
sidies. Aside from loans on the
so-called basic commodities —
corn, wheat, cotton, rice, tobac
€o and peanuts — post war price
support mechanisms have not
been announced.
HE'S ALL WETAn .
TOKYO, Sept. 11—(#)—An ef
fusive Japanese civgég(n. bowed
himself right off a.d into the
Water today, as crowds of Japa-
Nese turned out to greet the first
American ship to tie up at a
Tokyo dock since before the war.
The crew of the vessel, a small
Signal Corps communications boat
—the PCE 849—fished the dunked
Welcomer from the , while of
ficers were mtfiy port of
Tokyo officials,
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THESE JAPS ALL FINISHED
Twenty-six hundred glum-faced Japs, representing the garrison of Rota Island, stand within
the confines of a PW stockade on Guam, after their surrender and transferal to the great U. S.
base 50 miles to the south. This photo made on Sépt. 5. (U. S. Marine Corps Photo).
Congress Studies Discharges;
Wades Into Biggest Work Day
Big-3 Discuss Italy
In London; Bomb
Talk Unscheduled
LONDON, Sept., 11— (AP)—
Secretary of State James F.
Byrnes told a press conference
today that Italy would be the
first topic for the confernce, of
foreign ministers of five Allied
‘nations meeting this afternoon
-and that the atom bomb. was. not
‘oh the agenda: -~ O e
The foreign secretaries of Rus
ria, Great Britdin, France and
China are here with + Byrnes,
starting peace machinery provi
ded by the Potsdam confernce.
Want Trusteeships |
Byrneg himself did not say so,
but it was understood that the
United States would ask that the
bulk of Italy’s colonies be left
under Italian control as trustee
ships, with United Nations su?
pervision. .
Byrnes said the future of Ger
many was not on the agenda for
the meeting of foreign ministers
as drawn up at Potsdam.
to reconcile various points of
view, ; l
The American said the main
task of the foreign ministers is |
urgent questions < were before
U. S. Secretary Byrnes, Britain’s
Arnest Bevin, France's Georges
Bidault, the Soviet Union’s Vy
acheslav M. Molotov and China’s
Wang Shih-Chein. * s
Ag the meeting gets under way,
this is how the Big Five proba
bly will stand: :
The United States: for an Ital
ian peace stripping Italy of war
gains, paving the way for Itaiy's
reentrance into the fNnily of na
tions; fotr establishment of more
representative government in the
Balkans; for internationalization
of Europe’s waterways to assuve
free commerce across the conti
nent; for general discussion of
Pacific area p-oblems dealing
with assurance against possible
recurrence of aggression.
U. S.-British Aeccord
Britain: believed to have views
similar to those of the United
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THRILLS, CHILLS, EXCITEMENT
AWAIT THE PLAYLAND VISITOR
Thrills, chills, excitement. and entertainment all await you, the
adventurous Athenian, when you enter the gates of Playland Shows
in the big American-Legion Victory Celebration.
Enjoying th show you will find many friends, celebrating the re
turn of peace to the world and taking time out for recreation.
Confronted by the wide variety
of amusements, a larger display
than before, one can hardly de
cide what to do, but can hardly
wait to do it.
Perhaps yoy'll settle first for
the “Palace of Wonders,” where
Captain Ajax dips lighted torches
into his throat, and lights another
torch by blowing with his fire
laden breath. There, too, your
name is accurately called out by
a member of the show whom you
have never seen before.
Wild Animals i
Not far away are the wild
animals. Entering here you’ll be
attracted by unusual animals from
lforeign countries. Here is found
!the coati mondi, an ant eater from
Mexico, with a cry resembling
that of a bat, though he is size
of a dog: a spotted leopard from
’Africa looks at you with mean
‘eyes; and ‘others ranging from
! Australian grave robbers through
'the kinkajou from South America
ito the familiar, but always en
tertaining, monkeys and baboons.
A nide on the ferris wheel, an
Full Associated Press Service. _ Athens, Ga., Tuesday, September 11, 1945
House Expected To Approve Inquiry
Of Pearl Harbor Disaster Today
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.— (AP) —Members of Congress roared
louder today about getting people out of uniform. They also waded
into their biggest day’s work since the war ended. SR
Pearl Harbor . . . airports .". .
government corporations .. .
equal rights for women . . . sur
plus war goods . . . five-star gen
erals . . . today’s jobless . . . to
morrow’s jobs . . . ¢
Those were suject for actions
as well as words. Congress was
settling down to serious business.
- Thsi was the news on the Con-,
gréss-military front: .
1. Senator Edwin C. Johnson
(D.-Colo.) contended that Army
brass, hats want voluntary re
cruiting to fail “because they
love the draft.”
2. The Senate Military Commit
tee met to consider a bill to speed
recruiting by making Army life
more appealing.
3. Several senators and repre
sentatives called for faster dis
charge of servicemen. ;
" Other Developments
And here is a fast look at other
developments:
Pearl Harbor—The House to
day is expected to okay a con
gressional investigaiton of the
1941 disaster, The Senate already
has said yes: N
Unemployment Pay—-The Sen
ate Finance Committee struggled
with this subject, trying to agree
on a bill in some “form. The oris
inal proposal, backed by Pres
dent Truman, was ot increase and
lengthen state benefits to the
jobless by adding federal cash.
. Some of the state governments
don’t want the help, because
wages in their states are lower
than the national average. They
fear that higher jobless benefits
might encourage idleness.
Airports—The Senate is debat
ing a bill to hand out $500,000.000
in federal cash for airport build
ing over a.five-year period. The
money would have to be matched
by local governments.
Government Corporations—The
House took up a bill to make
them. call Congress “papa.” If the
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old reliable, but ever new, en
joyable thrill, might be next in
order. From the top you can see
the panorama of Playland and
extend your vision onto other
parts of the city.
Games and prizes, too prove
an interesting attraction. A variety
of games at which every player
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MAP DEVELOPMENTS
'FOR STATE SCHOOLS
ATLANTA, Sept. 11—(#)—The
University System Council today
will complete plans for the post
war development of Georgia’s
colleges and universities.
Chief point of discussion by
the Council, which began a two
day conference yesterday, is the
plan for utilizing surplus commo
dities, which will soon become
available to the public through the
federal government. ¢
Other points being discussed
include problems relative to the
education and rehabilitation of
returning servicemen.
BY MAX HALL
Full Job Backers
Emphasize Business
Should Lead Way
.. WASHINGTON, Sept.. 11—
(AP)—Emphasis on the part pri=
vate enterprise should play in as
suring peacetime jobs came today
from backers of the so-called full
employment bill.
They carried to a Senate Bank
ing Subcommittee (10 a. m. EWT)
changes embodying this empha-~
sis but stating that full employ
ment should be the govefnment's
“respongibility.”
In the redraft, the first point of
the projected law states that it
shall: “simulate, encourage, and
assist private enterprises to pro
vide, through an expanding pro
duction and distribution of goods
and services, the largest feasible
volume of meployment opportu
nities.” g ‘
The proffered revisions in the
jobs-for-all measure came as
senators on the Finance Commit
tee argued about tiding-over pay
ments to pepole who lost their
jobs.
Senator Taft (R.-O.) proposed
—and told reporters he thought it
might be accepted—that the gov
ernment finance payments for a
50 percent longer time rather
than try to add to rates now paid
by the states. %
But Senator Lucas (D.-Ill.)
said he doubted Taft’s plan would
be approved. Subcommittee mem
bers were reported considering
this stand: give federal aid to
states which want it, let” the
others pay all their own way.
In any event, there seemed gen
eral agreement that President
Truman’s suggestion of payments
running up to $25 a week for 26
weeks had little chance.
Powder Firm Plans
Demonsiration
Of Draining Here
*A reent survey made by the
Supervisors of Ocone River Dis
trict, comprising Clrke, Barrow,
Jackson and = Oconee Counties,
there are approximately 24,300
acres needing ditching or drain
ing, H. A. Compton, District Con
servationist, reveals.
~ In most cases these lands are in
small areas adjacent to existing
streams.. They would be the most
productive areas, particularly
from a stndpoint of permanent
pastures, if they were drined.
A demonstration on how these
areas can be drained at a small
cost has ben worked owt in co
ioperation with the District Sup
{ervisors and the Atlas Powder
Company. This demonstration is
to be held on the L..S. Whitehead
Farm, three miles portheast of
Athens, on the Athens-Eiberton
Highway. Mr. Whitehead is a co
oberator of the Oconee River Dis
}trict; this being one of the Jops
recommended in his farm plan in
order that a good permanent pas
ture can be developed on his farm.
The time and date of the de
monstration, according ‘o Mr.
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Tojo Bungles Suicide Try
Following Arvast Order
Occupation Policy
01 “Gloved Hand”
Surprises Capital
"BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
In Washington today some gov
ernment . officials expressed sur
gx;ise at the extent' of authority
est in the hands of Japanese of
ficials in Igrea and the State De
partment disclaimed any part or
advance knowledge of Gen. Mac-
Arthur’s orders which left Nip
‘ponese administrators in office.
Diplomatic officials in. Wash
ington conceded that the swift
arrival of victory over Japan
caught them without detailed
plans for the administration of
iKorea. The great problem, they
said, was that the country had
been under Japanese control so
long.
; Elements of the Sixth Army
moved across Kyushu, southern
most island of Japan, where the
Japanese said they expected Al
lied forces to land if the war had
ON WANTED LIST
TOJO, 39 OTHERS
General MacArthur tonight
directed that 39 other per
sons, including Shigenori
Togo, member of Tojo’s Pearl
Harbor cabinet, be taken in
to custody by the American
milita~y forces.
MacArthur also ordered Lt.
Gen. John R. Hodge, com
manding the 24th Army
Corps occupying Korea, to
replace all Japanese in gov
ernmental positions as rapid
1y as possible “consistent with
the safety of operations.”
continued. It was there that Air
f Gen. Shozo Kawabe saved
9,800 Japanese planes to hurl
' inst. an _American - invasion
fleet in a final mass suicide raid.
More Nips Surrender
In other parts of the Pacific,
more Nipponese prepared to sur
render. Lt. General Adachi, com
mander of the Japanese 18th
Army in New Guinea, formally
{will surrender his troops at We
wak Thursday, to the commander
of the Sixth Division.
On Mindanao Island, approxi
mately 9,500 Javanese troops
|were surrendered Saturday by Lit.
Gen. Byosaku Morpzumi to Brig.
Gen. Joseph C. Hutchison, com
mander of the 31st Division.
Meanwhile American prisoners
,continued to flow through the
|principal ports of Japan and ‘China
enroute to the United States.
Latest contact with American
prisoners in out-of-the~-way camps
'in Japan was made by carrier
pilots who exchanged messages
’with' men held at Bibia in west
central Hokkaido. They were re
ported in good cbndition.
Earlier, MacArthur had abolish
ed the Imperial General Head
quarters and clamped censorship
on Japan’s newspapers and radios?
in a sudden disclosure of the iron
hand beneath the velvet glove .ofl
'occupation. ‘
As MacArthur’s- headquarters
directed Yanks to spread their.‘
control of Japan to include the
great naval bases on inland waters r
and to occupy Osaka next month, |
’Japan’s Domei agency reported
ithat an advance party of 110!
Americans had arrived at Sendai, |
northern Honshu.
. Iron In Glove
MacArthur’s first decree order
ed the Japanese General Head
quarters, the center of Nippon |
militarism, to be dissolved by
h’hursday (Wednesday night ‘U.I
S. time). :
. _The second order threatened to
close any newspaper or radio -
station caught stirring up unrest
or putting out false information.
- While the occupation of Japan
continued without major ineidents,
Koreans massed in protest against
the American announcement thatl
Japanese officials would be left in'
charge to carry out directives of |
Lt Gen. John R. Hodge, com- |
manding Yank occupation forces.i
Demonstrations broke out in|
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STATE TO GET
WILDLIFE FUNDS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11—(#)—
Apportionment of SBBO,OOO among
47 states for restoration and de
velopment of wildlife resources
for the 12 months ending next
June 30 was announced today by
Secretary of Interior Ickes.
The federal funds are allotted
on the basis of area and the num
ber of hunting licenses sold by
the states. States and territories
participating in the program are
required to contribute 25 per cent
of the cost of .wildlifé development
work, = #
The federal allotments this year
are $73,000 abowve last year's ap
portionment. The 25 per cent ad
ditional state contribution will
make-$1,180,000 available for the
program this year.
Allotments by states, include:
Alabama, $12,022.31; Georgia,
$10,806.14. % s
Former Enemy Premier
Shoots Self: Near Death
TOKYO, Sept. 11.— (AP)—Hideki Tt¢jo, sly Jap
anese instigator cf the infamous Pearl Harbor attack
that plunged America into history's greatest war,
shot himself today in a bungling suicide attempt.
American Army doctors quickly
and unquestiongly drained Ameri
can blood plasma into his veins
and announced that it gave them
a 50-50 chance to save the life
’of the bald, brown little former
premier who sought pitilessly to
destroy the western world.
’ Mumbling in Japanese while
Japanese reporters eagerly clung
to his every thick-tongued word,
the 61-year-old Tojo said he felt
“sorry” for the Asiatic people and
prefeired to die rather than face
trial as a war criminal—a trial
which had not even been ordered.
Tojo planned his suicide elabor
ately, with two automatic pistols
and a pair of hara kiri ceremonial
knives wrapped in spotless( cl%?.
but like his bid for world domi
nion, he botched the job.
He shot himself near the heart
with one of the pistols as Ameri
can counter-intelligence officers
accompanied by correspondents
arrived at his suburban home to
take him to General MacArthur's
headquarters for questioning,
~ MacArthur’s orders had follow
ed an interview which Tojo gave
only yesterday to Associated Press
Correspondents Murlin Spencer
and Russell Brines, in which the
little “Razor Brain”-—as his own
people called him—had parried
‘adroitly questions about the war
in which he gambled and lost the
\Japaneae Empire.
“Dying” Jap Said
A Japanese doctor, who was
calleddgromptly, sauti that ,Tgig
was ng—-that mnothing we
lav&hg I&?flu ‘ ™
Then two American doctors
‘'were summoned, promptly gave
'him a pint of American blood
plasma, and said he had a 50-50
chance for life, which he mumbled
‘he' did not want.
| The American doctor in charge
of the battle to save the former
premier was Capt. James Johnson
of Newark, Ohio.
~ Tojo shot himself through the
¢hest with a .32 caliber pistol
after identifying himself through
a window to the officers and a
group of correspondents who went
to his home 20 miles from down
town Tokyo. |
The Japanese doctor who was
summoned refused to treat Tojo,
saying he had no instruments with |
him and asking why he was call~
ed. Tojo, in a stupor, also refused
treatment from the Japanese doc- ‘
tor.
The American doctor then was
called in. |
Captain Johnson said that, the
Japanese warmaker’s chances for
recovery depended on whether the
‘bullet had passed through the
lining of the heart or had just
‘missed it. Tojo was in such criti
cal condition that this could not
be determined.
Johnson gave him morphine in
addition to the transfusion and
prepared to move him as soon as
possible to the 98th U. S. Army
evacuation hospital.
. Plasma, not wholé blood, was
used, but Johnson said whole
blood would be needed to save
Tojo’s life.
Tojo was sufficiently conscious
to wince as the transfusion needle
was thrust into his arm and the
chest wound was sewed.
Tojo shot himself at 5:15 p. m.
He was still alive at 7:05 p. m..
but it was extremely doubtful if
he was aware of the battle that
his erstwhile enerhie§ were mak
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Planning Gonference To Open:
CONSTITUTION'S GLOBE-TROTTING
EDITORTO SPEAK AT UNIV. MEET
Social-economic problems of the
postwar world will be discussed
by Ralph McGill, Editor of the
Atlanta Constitution, .and by Dr.
Walter J. Matherly, a director of
the Jacksonville branch of the
I'ederal Reserve Bank, at thé
first meetingeof the Planning Con
ference of the University of Geor
gia College of Education. The pub
lic is invited to attend the meeting
scheduled to start at eight o’clock
tornorrow evening in the Univer
sity Chapel.
“Socio-Political Aspects of the
Post-War Society” will be topic
of the speech by Ralph MecGill,
editor of the Atlanta Constitution
and well-known southern jour
nalist. SN ihe
“The Citizen’s Stake in Eco
nomic Systems” is to be the sub
ject of the talk by Dr. Walter J.
Matherly, a director of the Federal
Reserve Bank branch at Jackson
ville, Fla;, and dean of the College
f Business Administration of the
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|MacAthur’s Action
’Answers His Crifics
| BY DeWITT MacKENZIE
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst
General MacArthur has picked
an opportune moment to crack
down on Japan, since either by
coincidence or by design his new
edicts provide an answer to dis
satisfaction exhibited in Australia
(and to some extent in America)
over what critics have described
as the “kid glove” policy for
Nippon. |
A%parently the supreme com
mander has given Jap militarism
an answer too, judging from the
fact that arch militarist General
Tojo had shot himself.
Had MacArthur been of the
argumentative type, rather than a
man of action, he might have
taken the time to point out to
those demanding speed and strong
arm methods that there are some
3,000,000 Jap troops under arms
in the home islands while thus
far he has ashore a comparatively
small number of fighting men,
and not even that many 'angels
‘'would rush in on three million
iand demand an immediate show-~
down.
Few Words
However, the General isn't
given much to debating. He deals
'in deeds, and his latest moves are
of the direct action variety——
abolishment of Japanese Imperial
General Headquarters, and inaug
uration of a press and radio cens
sorship. % AT
~ In wiping out Imperial Gen
eral Headquarters MacArthur hag
struck right at the heart of the
miltarism which has practiced
aggression . against its neighbors
these many years. There we find
the Tojos and other war mongers
who fought to the last ditch to
prevent the Mikado from sur
rendering. Ther are the barbarie
generals who have encouraged the
Japanese troops to perpetrate all
sorts of atrocities—using Ameri
can and Australian prisoners of
war in bayonet practice, for in
stance.
. This initial step in wiping out
{miltarism will be followed by
lother drastic moves. Already
‘thousands of names are said to
{be on the Allied list of those wha
jare to be tried for war crimes
rand that list most certainly wili
jinclude the Japanese war lords,
’just as it will contain the names
lof the small fry who have com-~
| mitted untold atrocities.
: To The Point
; The clamping on of censcérship
twas ‘equally to the point. The
! Japanese press and radio have
!been using their privileges to
spread propaganda at home and
labroad. An excellent example of
itheir sly type of .skullduggery is
!seen in an article in the Nippon
| Times. The paper had the unmiti
|gated gall to compliment the
forces of occupatign with the
|statement that these had been
{amazingly few cases of rape by
. American troops‘in Japan, adding
that this was ‘an [improvement
over former American records. Of
course the object of such propa
! ganda is clear. It is calculated to
‘stir up ,ill-feeling among the
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University of Florida.,
Chancellor S. V. Sanford of the
University System of Georgia, will
preside at the meeting.
Platform guests will be Earl B.
Braswell, editor and publisher of
the Athens Banner-Herald, and:
a member of the Board of
Regents of the University of Geor
gia; Rutherford Coile, county
superintendent of schools; Boyce
Grier, city schools superintendent;
Dr. M. D. Collins; superintendent
of the. State School System; Dr.
R. P. Brooks, dean of faculties of
the University of Georgia; and Dr.
Harmon Caldwell, president of the
University of Georgia.
The Planning Conference. which
is to launch a year’s study of the
teacher education at the Univer
sity of Georgia, will meet the
next day and continue through
the following Tuesday, organizing
for the study of the undergraduate
pre-service teacher education pro
gram of the University. L |
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Thousands POW's
Fornd Hidden
In Remote Regions
BY OLEN CLEMENTS
OMINATO, Northern Japan,
(Sept.,, 11—(AP)— U. S. Naval
fliers founqd 1,556 Allied prisone:s
-of war today at four remote camps
of mountainous Hokaido and es
}tablished radio contact with
them., :
' Forty need hospitalization, the .
prisoners messaged. Supplies and
medicines ‘were. doopped - from
carrier planes. g 1L
The headquarters camp was
at Bibai; two others were located
at Ashibetsu, and a fourth at
Akabira, All weve in a soft-coal
mining distriet and the prisoners
presumably had been forced to
do harq labor in the mines.
Rescuers and correspondenis
attempting‘ to reach the canips
estimated it. would require three
'days.
Women, Children Found
MFLBOURNE, Sept., 11 —
(AP)A Small Allied party has
landed in Java and found 19,-
000 women and children - crowd
ed in five Batavia interment
camps, the Netherlands East In
dies government informafion of
fice announced today.
Two thousand of those intern
ed were said to be seriouslly ill. -
Devereuk Alive
OMINATO, Japan, Sept. 11 —
(AP) —Lt. Col, Jamesg P:; Devers
euk, heroic Matine commander
on Wake Island, is alive and in
charge of one of the prisofier of
war camps in the Bibai arvea of
Hokkaido Island, five prisoners *
of war from the district reported
here today. - g
50,000 Idie Refurn
»g : A
To Their Jobs;
87,000 Still
By The Associaiegd Press
. The nation’s strike idle today
showed a decrease of more than
50.000 since the year's high es
140.000 over the weekend, but
the-e was little cßange in the
number of work stoppages,. ;
Across the country there, were
62 labor disputes that halted or
curtailed p-oduction, » . kééping
ore than 87,000 workers away
?r]om their jobs. The weekend
high of men and women -idied
by labor contrversies affected 36
industrial and businesses. . .oee-
As back-to-work movements
during the last 24 hours /shiced
the strike total, several 'Smali
sloppages were reporied. . Only
one of the new dispuates affec
ted a large numbe> so workers.
The one-day strike of 12,006
“white collar” workers in West
inghouse Electric Corporation
plants in six dastern state %fl
last night. This number added to
the return to work of 44,569
(Continued on Page Two)
ATHENS AND VICINITY -
Partly cloudy with mild
temperatures tonight and
Wednesday, with showers in
afternoon.’
GEORGIA — Partly clfi:ig
tonight and Wednesday W
scattered showers over south
portion and warm. Cooler th
north .portion. i
TEMPERATURE ~ '
Highest . 3. ivatoey- -5 98
Lowest L 0 . lainian g
Meany- ..t ik s~
Normal .. vidiag. divpniiis
RAINFALL rogred
Inches last 24 hours . ......: .0€
Total since September 1.!... 83
Deficit since September 1 .. A 7
Average September rainfall 346
Total since January 1 .... 3550
Deficit since January 1 ..... 151
& Finods OB 0